[Double Signed Copies Available] Despite Record Wage Increases, Why is it Hard to Feel Affluent? Akira Ikegami x Tatsuya Goto's 'Financial Literacy for Opening Up the Future' to be Released March 30, 2026

KADOKAWA Corporation (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Takeshi Natsuno) is pleased to announce the release of the 7th installment in the popular series, 'Kyo-yo for Confidence in Tomorrow 7: Akira Ikegami-Edited Financial Literacy for Opening Up the Future,' on March 30, 2026 (Monday). The author of this 7th installment is Tatsuya Goto, an economic journalist who garners overwhelming support from the current generation on TV and social media.

While the average wage increase rate in the Spring 2025 labor-management negotiations exceeded 5%, the reality is that many find it difficult to feel affluent due to rising prices and increased burdens from taxes and social insurance premiums. 'Financial Literacy for Opening Up the Future' proposes that what is needed in such times is not investment techniques, but the literacy to grasp the overall picture of money. This is a new educational book for adults that comprehensively deciphers everything from the mechanisms of the economy to household financial defense, asset building, and ultimately, the richness of life, through the lens of money. Features of This Book 1. Connecting Economic News with Household Finances "Why do prices rise?" "How does a weak yen affect our lives?" "Why is it difficult for take-home pay to increase even if salaries go up?" This book helps readers understand current economic changes by connecting them to their own lives, fostering a perspective that can turn economic fluctuations to their advantage. 2. Understanding the Risks of Inaction and Updating Your Money OS This book views inflation as an invisible tax. It illustrates how 1 million yen in cash can depreciate to 820,000 yen in 10 years with a 2% inflation rate, urging a shift from the deflation-era sole reliance on savings to an inflation-era mindset of "thinking and acting to protect value." 3. Designing Happiness Beyond Money Learning about money is not just about increasing savings. It's about how to circulate earned, protected, and grown money into skills (human capital) and connections (social capital) to achieve a life of freedom. It explains life design with an eye on exit strategies for life.

Understanding the true nature of money means having a framework for judgment that allows you to carve out your own future without being swayed by overwhelming information. This book is an opportunity to understand society and open up your own future. Akira Ikegami x Tatsuya Goto: Double Signed Copies Also Available

A limited number of double-signed copies, featuring signatures from both Akira Ikegami and Tatsuya Goto, are available. The handling bookstores are listed below (11 stores). Please note that the availability of signed copies is limited by the stock at each bookstore and will end once sold out.

[Sendai] ・Maruzen Sendai AEL Store